Sandal



E. COHEN June 25, 1940.

SANDAL Filed Nov. 18, 1937 INVNTOR ,E/z' Coriea Patented June 25, 1940 UNITED STATES SANDAL Eli Cohen, Swa.mpscott, Mass, assignor to Marilyn Sandal Corporation, Stoneham, Mass.

Application November 18, 1937, Serial No. 175,263

The present invention relates to the construction of a shoe, and more particularly a shoe of the so called sandal type in Which the upper is formed of a plurality of straps bound together 5 to be fitted to the foot.

The present invention relates to this type ci shoe end partioularly to a. special mode of construction whereby some of the labor operatons previously employed ma.y course well known in the shoe industry, in which competition is exceedingly severe, that ariy method which will reduce the labor cost is of real importance.

In most shoes of the sandal type, the straps 1,, are usually mounted in the base of the shoe between the inner sole and the outer sole and brought together and sewed in some fashion over the top or sides of the shoe. Most of these uppers require considerable sewing in order to assemble the parts of the upper together and in addition to this, the sewing '1s usually of such a character that rather high grade labor must be employed in order to set the elements correctly in their piace in the formation of the upper of the shoe. In the present invention on account of the method of construction a certain amount of lee- Way is allowed a1ong this line anni further es will appear later, the parts are all acourately and smilarly stamped out so that there 15 no possibility of assembly except in the correct manner. These features together form a real advantage in shoe construction.

In the present invention various parts forming the upper of the shoe may be stamped or died out from the material of which the shoe is to be made and then assembled in positionwithout any stitching or sewing with only the lasting of the base of the upper to the inner-sole. The invention s a1so particularly concerned With the building up of the front part of the upper wth stamped out pieces whch are assembled by interlacing the pieces one With another.

In the specification below the various modi- J fica.tions of construction ci the shoe in accordance With the present invention are illustrated: Figures 1, 2, 3 anni 4 show various modifications of the invention in Which the present construction is used.

In the construction shown in Figure 4, the sandal may be supplied With the usual type of sole I, rear quarter 2 end heel 3. The front portion of the inner sole is provided With a single upper piece 4 which is forked outwards in branches 5, 6, I, 8, etc., forming principally be omitted. It is of the toe portion of the shoe. The upper part of the piece 4 is stamped with upwardly extending s1ots 9 end II) and other s1ots if desired through which the straps Il, l2 and 13 may pa.ss in a manner similar to that indicated by the straps 20, 2|, and 22 of Figure 1 in connection With the upper toe strip 23.

In the portion shown in Figure 4 the toe piece 4 ma.y end. just beyond the strap H but it 'may be continued. upward so that the strap |2;is slotted into t in the same manner that the small piece I4 is slotted to receive the strap l2. The pieces M and the upper strap piece l ma.y ha.Ve their lower portions constructed simlarly and formed in a. V-shaped emblem as indicated. by 15 the points l6 end I'I. In ether case it will be evident that the piece l4 is held. in place by means of the stra.p 12 and that no stitching is necessary. In the same way the upper pieee |5 which extends from the upper part of the toe portion 4 to the quarter strap 18 is also threaded by means of the strap l3 as indicated at l9. The quarter stra.p l8 passes in and. out of the slots and 3| of the piece I5 completing the shell of the upper portion 01 the shoe.

The construction in Figure 3 is similar to that shown in Figure 4. The upper toe piece in Figure 3, numbered 32, is provided With s1ots 33 and 34 through whch the strap 35 s passed. The strap 35 howe ver it will be noted passes 30 through the toe piece 32 from the edge. In the case of the stra.p 35 however this passes through the toe portion 32 from the top by way of the slot 31 rather than from the bottom, -While the strap 38 alternates the other way. The strap 35 38 a1so pins orholds the piece 39, Which may be called. the instep strap by passing first through the toe piece 32 ai: its upper end and then through the instep piece 39 a5 indicated clearly in Figure 3 by the center block indicating the 40 st'rap 38. The nstep strap 39 is slotted in slots 4! and 42 to receive the quarter strap 43 in the same manner as ndicated at 44.

In the modification shown in Figure 2, the

toe strap 50 forms one continuous piece from the toe to the junction With the quarter strap 5|. The quarter stra.p 5| is slotted through the upper portion 52 of the toe strap through the slots 53 and 54. Cross or side straps 55 and 56 are provided. extending from the sole in a cross fashion across the shoe. Both of these Stra.ps and 56 pass underneath the slotted piece 51 in the toe strap. I

In the modification llustrated in Figure 1,

the toe strap 23 is alternately engaged by the 55 straps 20, 2| and 22 from the top forming thereby a. sort of a basket weave pattern with the bands 60, SI and 62 rased above the normal surface of the strap 23 and the straps 20, 21, and 22 ai; other points passng over the strap 23.

Wthout further descrbing the nvention, I claim:

A shoe of the type described comprsing a sole of the usual type, a toe portion extending m from the sole at the forward part of the tue. a

plurality of cross straps, a pluralty 01 pieces positioned over and extending rearward of the toe portion to the instep of the shoe, sad pieces and sad toe portieri being slotted in registering positions with each other, and said cross straps passing through the registerng slots in sad pieces at the nstep and toe portions to join said elements together, said elements being otherwse unsecured to ea.ch other.

ELI COHEN. 

